Agrees with 4 countries to consider new date for WAEC Gives proprietors July 29 ultimatum to meet specific guidelines By Joseph Erunke THE Federal Government has given school owners in the country up to July 29, 2020, to meet specific guidelines towards the reopening of schools at a date to be announced in due course. […]

It’s become a familiar mantra: masks, hand-washing and physical distancing can slow the spread of the coronavirus while work continues on developing the vaccines and treatments needed to rid the world of its threat. But as tens of millions of people return to public transit, their workplaces and schools, are these interventions enough? Researchers are […]

A 73-year-old man was killed by police in Canada just hours after refusing to wear a face mask in a grocery store, the country’s public broadcaster the CBC reported Thursday. The man allegedly assaulted a grocery store employee Wednesday after he was asked to follow laws about wearing face masks to slow the spread of […]

By Chioma Obinna Nigeria has recorded 595 fresh cases of COVID-19, with nine deaths. The latest number of confirmed cases brings the total reported cases to 34,854. The breakdown of the figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on its Twitter handle shows that Lagos State led with 156 new cases, followed by Ondo with 95, then […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has made the case for more investment in new skill sets that will enable the youth function optimally in a post-coronavirus (COVID-19) global economy. Obaseki made the submission in commemoration of the World Youth Skills Day, marked by the United Nations and its sister agencies on July 15, […]

“Strong people don’t put others down — they lift them up.” So says the discreet sign at the entrance to one of the most remarkable research facilities in Africa. Run by a Cameroon-raised, Harvard-trained molecular biologist, the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) has been at the forefront in the fight […]

By Chioma Obinna Nigeria, on Wednesday, recorded another 643 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 with six deaths bringing the total number to 34, 259. According to the daily situation report of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours. ALSO READ: Tokyo Governor wants […]

By Francis Efe – Warri Doctors, nurses and other staff of Central Hospital, Warri, Delta State, cried profusely as a former Zonal Medical Director and consultant anaesthetist at the Hospital, Dr Toju Eresanara, lost his life to the dreaded COVID-19. Eresanara, who was undergoing treatment at the COVID-19 treatment centre in Asaba after testing positive, […]

James Ogunnaike Resident Doctors from the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, working at isolation centres in the state, on Wednesday, joined their striking colleagues in the state. The doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) embarked on an indefinite strike since July 1 but exempted their colleagues […]

A total of 7,021 South African police officers have tested positive to COVID-19 while 53 have passed away, the Police Minister, Bheki Cele, said on Wednesday. Cele said at a news conference, on plans to combat COVID-19 and compliance, in Pretoria that 4,949 police officers have been quarantined while 150 have been hospitalised. “This pandemic […]

Offices to be disinfected ahead of Monday resumption 80 test kits available By Ebunoluwa Sessou Ahead of its resumption next week Monday, Lagos State House of Assembly, is set to commence free COVID-19 test in the complex tomorrow, Thursday, for all lawmakers and members of staff. Vanguard gathered that the COVID-19 test will take place […]

Police in Chile are training dogs to detect people that may be infected with the novel coronavirus by sniffing their sweat. The dogs — three golden retrievers and a labrador — are between the ages of four and five. Until now they have been used to sniff out illicit drugs, explosives and lost people, police […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are currently over 609,000 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Africa. The UN health agency gave the update on its regional official Twitter account @WHOAFRO on Tuesday. “There are over 609,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more […]

By Chioma Obinna Nigeria, on Tuesday, recorded 463 new COVID-19 cases with 10 deaths. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease, NCDC, daily report, no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours. “Till date, 33,616 cases have been confirmed, 13,792 cases have been discharged and 754 deaths have been recorded in […]

Delta State governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has announced that he, along with his wife and daughter have now tested negative for COVID-19. Okowa in a thanksgiving tweet Tuesday morning charged Deltans to obey all instructions and do all they can to stay safe from contracting the virus. Okowa reportedly tested positive July 1, 2020. The […]